Alice Ter Morshuizen is awarded Honours in Community Engagement
Alice has been an active member of the Interact club since 2007 when she was in Gr 8. She was appointed to serve on the Interact Board in her grade 11 year where she first served as a most efficient secretary. It was during this year that she was awarded colours for Community Engagement. She presently serves as the deputy-head of Community Engagement for 2011.
Alice has also been very involved in the President’s Award Program. She first enrolled in her Grade 8 year and completed her bronze award in Gr 9. She then completed her silver award in Gr 11 and is one of the few girls at DSG to complete her Gold Award.
She has a real passion for giving of herself for the benefit of others and works well with her peers as well as showing a real concern and care for all children. This is visible through her regular commitment and contribution over the years to numerous ‘Saturday School’s where she formed special friendships with the staff children. She has supervised children on camps and hikes and in January of this year 2011 she spent a week in Hogsback as a leader on the Underpriviledged children’s Camp at Hobbiton.
Towards the end of 2010 she initiated and organised the club session to Viv’s Creche which is situated in Extension 9, in Rhini. Viv’s Creche has become a sought after club and the Interact board is planning a maintenance and painting session at the crèche as a result of this initiative.
During her holidays she has worked in Grahamstown at the SPCA and Hospice and in Port Elizabeth at the Aurora muscular rehabilitation clinic, Bayworld and Isithembiso Childrens Home. Being involved in Community service comes naturally to Alice and she has inspired many others to do the same. She claims that her involvement in experiences and challenges that she encountered through Community Engagement have truly shaped the person she is today and have taught her humility, patience, teamwork, leadership, the value of hard work and endurance.
Alice has been an outstanding leader in Community Engagement at DSG. Not only is her compassion and commitment to the upliftment of others visible through her life she has also been a very efficient administrative manager. Alice is to be commended on her initiative which is driven by a real love for her fellow human beings. Alice deserves an Honours award in Community Engagement for her contribution.
